12/1/2008 Before Bill Fischer became a celebrity travel agent selling to the rich and famous, he tried his hand at training. He once told me that he believed he understood, like no one before him, how to sell luxury travel, and his first attempt to monetize that knowledge was to set up travel agent seminars offering to teach agents how to sell to the uber-rich. Read More »12/1/2008 The TIA's board is expected to vote on changing its name to the U.S. Travel Association. Read More »12/1/2008 In the waning days of the Bush administration, the Transportation Department has surprised us by doing something interesting. Read More »12/1/2008 TW talks to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's Bill DeCota about slots and Southwest Read More »11/24/2008 The lowest point, no question, was when I arrived in Qatar in April 2004 and noticed that the Arabic-language newspapers in Doha's airport all had a large photo on Page 1 of a man in a black, pointed hood and tunic standing on a small box, his arms held out in a weak-armed crucifixion pose, wires dangling from his hands. Read More »11/24/2008 TW chats with Sabre CEO Sam Gilliland about Attribute Based Shopping. Read More »11/24/2008 They have made more than 90 attacks this year, including three dozen successful hijackings. They hold nearly 20 ships. Among them are a Ukrainian freighter that was carrying Russian tanks and other armaments and a supertanker loaded with 2 million barrels of Saudi Arabian crude oil that was bound for the U.S. They also hold some 300 hostages. Read More »11/24/2008 Sarah Palin impresses conservative pundits enough to get on the Republican ticket. Read More »11/22/2008 With Thanksgiving only a few days away, I'm hoping I have extra room around the table this year because I'd like to invite some cruise industry executives over. Read More »11/17/2008 Obamamania was in full bloom at World Travel Market in London. Read More » |
